DeMint said the offer amounts to an "$800 billion tax hike that
will destroy American jobs."

Here is his full statement:

"Speaker Boehner's $800 billion tax hike will destroy American
jobs and allow politicians in Washington to spend even more,
while not reducing our $16 trillion debt by a single penny,” said
Senator DeMint. “This isn't rocket science. Everyone knows that
when you take money out of the economy, it destroys jobs, and
everyone knows that when you give politicians more money, they
spend it. This is why Republicans must oppose tax increases and
insist on real spending reductions that shrink the size of
government and allow Americans to keep more of their hard-earned
money.

“Big government is the cause of our debt crisis, not the
solution. Washington has a spending addiction that is
shackling our children and grandchildren with unsustainable debt.
Conservatives fought for a balanced budget amendment last year
precisely because we knew the political establishment in
Washington would never stop their tax and spend addiction without
it. However, if neither party leadership is going to put forward
a serious plan to balance the budget and pay down the
debt, we should end this charade. We can stop the fiscal cliff
with the bill that House Republicans already passed that simply
extends the current tax rates and replaces the defense cuts with
reductions in wasteful spending.”